Gazavat Media, a Turkish jihadist media outlet, reported that a US drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan, killed fighters affiliated with an "Uzbek group," possibly referring to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

Ebu Zer AKA Serdal Erbashi, a former leader of Taifetul Mansura in Afghanistan and a fighter in Chechnya, was reportedly executed by the Taliban after it was discovered that he ordered the death of two foreign fighters.